METAIRIE, La. — JPSO Deputies said they arrested a 19-year-old from New Orleans in connection with the fatal shooting of a man in Jefferson Parish in what investigators believe may have been a failed robbery.
Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office deputies responded just before 1 a.m. Thursday to the 1100 block of S. Upland Avenue to an area next to the Providence Memorial Park cemetery on Airline Drive, a spokesperson for the sheriff's office said.
When they arrived, they found 24-year-old Alvon Jones suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Jones died at the scene.
Investigators said video surveillance and witness accounts appear to show Jones and 19-year-old Brian Richardson attempted to rob a home when the shots rang out.
The pair reportedly came up to a home and made contact with the residents, authorities said. One of the alleged robbers then brandished a firearm and demanded items from the residents.
A 64-year-old man in the house exchanged gunfire with Richardson and Jones, hitting them both and receiving a graze wound.
The pair got back into a car and drove away before Jones, the driver, crashed it.
Richardson and two unknown people fled the scene, leaving Jones behind in the car to bleed out.
Richardson later showed up at a hospital with a gunshot wound to the leg.
He was arrested and booked with one count of aggravated burglary. Additional charges are possible, authorities said.
A woman claiming to be a resident of the home later went to the hospital with a gunshot wound to the leg she claimed her injury happened during the shooting.
Investigators are still attempting to locate 44-year-old Ray Hollins of Metairie because they believe he may have information about the incident.
JPSO officials asked anyone with information into the fatal shooting or stabbing to call the homicide section at 504-364-5300 or contact Crimestoppers at 504-822-1111.
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